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RE41002 |
Telephone for the deaf and method of using same
An electronic communications system for the deaf includes a video apparatus for observing and digitizing the facial, body and hand and finger signing motions of a deaf person, an electronic...
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7620158 |
Video relay system and method
A video relay system for allowing impaired individuals to communicate across a network includes a first device capable of sending and receiving audio and video signals where the first device is...
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7583286 |
System and method for collection and redistribution of video conferences
A method and system for distributing video calls includes receiving a plurality of incoming video calls originating from a corresponding plurality of calling endpoints over a data network. A...
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7567653 |
Method by which call centers can vector inbound TTY calls automatically to TTY-enabled resources
The present invention is directed to a contact processing system that includes:
(a) a gateway operable to receive an incoming contact and transmit at least one TTY character to the...
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7555104 |
Relay for personal interpreter
A relay is described to facilitate communication through the telephone system between hearing users and users who need or desire assistance in understanding voice communications. To overcome the...
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7542551 |
Cordless telephone handset
A cordless telephone handset that does not affect the use of a magnetic pick-up type hearing aid. The cordless telephone handset includes a TDD processing section for controlling transmission and...
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7430428 |
Method for communicating teletype information in a vehicle communication system between a vehicle and a remote station
A communication system and method for transmitting and receiving teletype information in a vehicle ( 20 ). The communication system ( 22 ) includes an external interface ( 24 ) and a communication...
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7430283 |
Internet access to telecommunications relay service
A method and a system that will allow a hearing impaired person to access a TRS (Telecommunications Relay Service) center via an Internet terminal on the World Wide Web instead of using a TTY...
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7411941 |
Text telephone modem communications over packet networks
A modem detection method is provided for use by a first gateway, the first gateway capable of communicating with a second gateway over a packet network. The method comprises setting the first...
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7386100 |
Arrangement for maintaining mode synchronization in automatic TTY-to-text translation systems
Teletype (TTY, also known as Telecommunication Device for the Deaf, or TDD) transmissions are moded. The same sequence of tones may code for a letter or for a figure. When a TTY device is...
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7382752 |
Apparatus, and an associated method, for communicating text data in a radio communication system
Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating communication of text data, such as TTY data formed at a mobile node. The mobile node includes a TTY text generator together with mobile...
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7379431 |
Error correction method and apparatus for TTY on VoIP transmissions
The present invention is directed to a system for reliably transmitting characters encoded as audible signals using voice over Internet protocol communication systems. According to an embodiment of...
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7376127 |
Methods for reconstructing missing packets in TTY over voice over IP transmission
A system for reconstructing missing packets in a packetized audio TTY stream that includes:
(a) an input 328 operable to receive a plurality of first packets, each comprising one or more...
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7343181 |
Wireless communication device having electromagnetic compatibility for hearing aid devices
A wireless communication device for minimizing electromagnetic interference with hearing aid devices. The wireless communication device comprises a lower housing ( 112, 312, 412, 512, 612 ) and an...
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7336944 |
Method and apparatus for legal intercept monitoring of a cellular telephone modem (CTM) device
A method and apparatus for legal intercept monitoring of a cellular telephone modem (CTM) device. More particularly, a system incorporating a CTM-to-TTY/TDD converter and a Call Content Delivery...
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7321781 |
Cellular telephone design for the elderly
A cellular telephone designed specifically to be visually appealing and practical for the elderly and those with reduced dexterity. Although the keypad buttons on the cellular telephone are...
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7319740 |
System for text assisted telephony
An arrangement for providing captioned telephone service is provided which permits persons who are hard of hearing to receive captioning of their telephone communications as they need it. A...
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7315612 |
Systems and methods for facilitating communications involving hearing-impaired parties
A method for providing communication services for communications between a hearing-impaired party and a hearing party includes establishing a voice link with the hearing party. The method also...
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7305068 |
Telephone communication with silent response feature
A telephone call may be received or made by the user of telephony-enabled apparatus in circumstances, such as during a meeting, where spoken responses by the user to what the other party to the...
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7289606 |
Mode-swapping in multi-modal telephonic applications
Multi-modal applications are capable of interacting with a user in a voice mode, a visual mode, and/or other modes of communication. Mode swapping refers to the process of changing from one mode of...
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7286649 |
Telecommunications infrastructure for generating conversation utterances to a remote listener in response to a quiet selection
A user to conducts a telephone conversation without speaking. It does this by moving the participant in the public situation to a quiet mode of communication (e.g., keyboard, buttons, touchscreen)....
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7277858 |
Client/server rendering of network transcoded sign language content
A method and system is provided for communicating a interpreted sign-language communication in a communication system having a plurality of nodes including at least a source node, a destination...
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7245705 |
Internet protocol (IP) relay system and method
A communications system allows individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech disabled to use computers and other web devices to connect to an Internet Portal in order to place a call. The...
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7236574 |
Method and system for providing communication services for hearing-impaired parties
A method for providing communication services for the hearing-impaired includes establishing a communication link between a hearing-impaired party and a communication assistant. The communication...
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7233655 |
Multi-modal callback
A method and system for generating multi-modal callback messages for a user of a wireless terminal connected to an access network. A multi-modal response is generated in response to a request for...
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7206386 |
Method and system for electronic communication with the hearing impaired
A system and method for electronic communication with the hearing impaired is disclosed, which includes a video relay service having a video relay service application configured to receive the...
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7200208 |
Method and system for providing communication services for hearing-impaired parties
A method for providing communication services for the hearing-impaired includes establishing a communication link between a hearing-impaired party and a communication assistant. The communication...
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7197120 |
Method and system for facilitating mediated communication
One embodiment of the disclosures made herein is a method for facilitating mediated communication. In such an embodiment of the disclosures made herein, a voice-based communication request...
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7177401 |
TTY communication over packet networks
A system to enable TTY communication between a legacy TTY phone and an IP phone over a packet network using a TTY relay protocol established between the IP phone and a media gateway at a central...
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7174004 |
Network based method and apparatus for supporting interoperability between incompatible TTY devices
The present invention is directed to providing compatibility between teletype telephone devices. In particular, embodiments of the present invention alter the described duration of tones used to...
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7170977 |
Telephone interface for a handicapped individual
An interface device that enables a severely handicapped individual to control a telephone to place and terminate calls and to carry on a conversation regardless of whether the individual can speak...
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7170976 |
System and method for communicating text teletype (TTY) information in a communication network
A method includes receiving signals comprising at least one of voice information and text teletype information. The method also includes determining whether at least some of the signals contain...
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7164753 |
Real-time transcription correction system
A voice transcription system employing a speech engine to transcribe spoken words, detects the spelled entry of words via keyboard or voice to invoke a database of common words attempting to...
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7162012 |
Apparatus and method for transitioning between TTY and voice transmission modes
According to an embodiment, both a first and second of audio information are buffered during transmission so that when a transition occurs between transmission types no information is lost.
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7158649 |
Hearing aid storage case with hearing aid activity detection
A storage case that detects and indicates presence of oscillating or quiescent activity of hearing aids is disclosed. Within the storage case, there is a transducer coupled to a logic circuit. The...
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7158617 |
TTY enhancement of busy condition prompt
A method and system are disclosed for providing an indication of the busy condition to a calling party on a telecommunications system. The calling party may be the user of a text telephone device...
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7151820 |
System for and method of detecting a connection of a text telephony (TTY) device to a mobile phone
A system for and method of detecting a connection of a text telephony (TTY) device to communication device, such as, a mobile telephone. The communication device provides a TTY bearer bit to its...
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7142643 |
Method and system for unifying phonebook for varied hearing disabilities
A network device, relay service, system and method for electronic communication between a hearing-capable user and a hearing-impaired user are disclosed, which includes a network device for use by...
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7117010 |
Wireless phone powered inductive loopset
An induction-type loopset is provided that is connectable to a wireless device. The loopset contains a first coil electromagnetically coupled to a t-coil hearing aid and an impedance-matching...
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7103154 |
Automatic transmission of voice-to-text converted voice message
A voice messaging system includes an input device to accept a destination electronic messaging address, a voice-to-text converter to convert or transcribe a received voice message into a converted...
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7099440 |
Apparatus and method for providing service for TTY and voice transmission
An apparatus and method communicate TTY calls by detecting a TTY call, determining that a digital display on a first telecommunication terminal is to be used to display TTY information of the call...
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7095825 |
Multi-media transactions presentation based on user physical characteristics
The method and apparatus is for converting messages and responses between different formats in a communication system. The method may have in one embodiment the following steps: providing at least...
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7079628 |
Apparatus and method for converting text being streamed to a display of telecommunication terminal
An apparatus and method convert streaming text to a display of a telecommunication terminal to audio by detecting the streaming text being transmitted to the digital display and performing the...
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7042986 |
DSP-enabled amplified telephone with digital audio processing
A DSP-enabled system and method for increasing intelligibility of audio on amplified telephones by providing digital audio processing customizable based on characteristics of hearing loss specific...
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7035673 |
Call handling in a communication network
The invocation of an intelligent network service in a call handler for calls being routed to mobile stations in a mobile communication network is done in such a way that if a call being handled is...
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7024000 |
Adjustment of a hearing aid using a phone
A system and method for using a telephone to reconfigure or readjust the performance characteristics of a hearing aid or to check whether a user has a hearing problem. The telephone is used to...
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7016479 |
Method and system for call restoration in a video relay service
A method and system for call restoration in a video relay service are disclosed, including a system that includes a VRS server having a call queue. The VRS server receives at least one call request...
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6965664 |
System, method, and computer-readable medium for enabling both hearing and hearing-impaired callers to access a resource
Automated system, method, and computer-readable medium for enabling at least one given caller, who may be either a hearing caller or a hearing-impaired caller, to access functionality associated...
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6961320 |
In-band transmission of TTY/TTD signals for systems employing low bit-rate voice compression
A method, system, and software product for transmitting TTY/TDD signals in a system employing low bit-rate voice compression are disclosed. The method includes receiving an input signal and...
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6952872 |
Method for reducing stress on the multi-conductor cable
The object of this invention is to provide an improved connection between a TTY keypad and an emergency call box. This is accomplished by lengthening and re-routing the multi-conductor ribbon cable...
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